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From: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Michael Buesch <mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: radiotap-rN9S6JXhQ+WXmMXjJBpWqg@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Adding "no-ack" flag to the radiotap flags
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:21:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1213903291.8967.86.camel@johannes.berg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200803212132.55970.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>

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> I suggest adding
> #define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_NOACK	0x40
> so an application can define that it is not interested in
> an ACK for the frame and the card should not bother retrying until
> it received one.
> When this flag is not set, the standard rules apply.
> 
> I don't see a use-case for overriding these rules to always
> _expect_ an ACK, so I think a one-bit flag is OK.

I'd add it to the TX flags instead, especially seeing that the bit 0x40
is already assigned there in some BSDs.

johannes

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-06-19 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-21 20:32 Adding "no-ack" flag to the radiotap flags Michael Buesch
     [not found] ` <200803212132.55970.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-19 19:21   ` Johannes Berg [this message]

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